| Test Manager |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.381 % | 0.513 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £440 | - |
| Average daily rate | £465 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £490 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £427 | £413 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £46.28 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 210 | 195 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.296 % | 0.197 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 123 | 55 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £395 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.08 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £439 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.10 | £17.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.01 | £18.87 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.92 | £20.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
